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The Washington critic., 1887-04-15

The big audience.room of Masonic
Temple has seldom, If ever, resounded
with better oratory, or more Of 1t, than
woke Its echoes last night with eloquent
protests against the further coercion Of
Ireland by the Tory Government of
Great Britain. The speeches were,
some of them, cogently logical, all of
them fervent In rhetoric, and the clos.
ing appeals, by General Sheridan and
Congressman Shively, bursts of gcnu.
inc and impassioned eloquence. 1t is
also 10 be noted that none of the
speakers were Irishmen born, but as
Americans profoundly sympathetic
with Ireland's aspirations for liberty.
GENERAL GEORGE A. SHERIDAN
will repeat his. lecture on "Thc Modern
Pagan" at the New National Theatre
next Sunday evening 1t is an essen.
TALLY religious discourse, and its de
livery on Sunday night, even upon
dramatic stage, cannot CRATE upon the
scruples Of even the strictest Sab
batarian. Its tone is eevating, It's les
sons impressive, its rhetoric faultless.
Seldom is the opportunity presented of
an entertainment at once so exalted In
morals and so intellectually brilliant.
Colonel 1ngersoll can crowd the M
,ional on short notice. General Sheri.
dan should overCrowd it.
SENATOR JONI SHERMAN was In.
vited to attend the demonstration at
the Masonic Temple last night, but,
having prior engagement, was
obliged TO decline. He attended the
performance of "The Jilt" at the Ma.
iional Theatre, occupying Shis accus.
toned seat about the middle of the
orchestra chairs on the aisle, and
probably reasoned that as The Jill"
was an Irish comedy, 1t might come
under the head Of an Irish dcmonstra.
tiop, but he couldn't be in two places
at once There is no doubt about the
Senator's sympatnies being in the
The Washington critic., 1887-04-15
WANTED. MISCELLANEOUS.

=" "ASTED-Old Gold and silver
w bought for cash by WIN. FREDERICK,
the manufacturing jewcler, Cos 7th st, opp
Patent Office.
" ANTED-It Known that q, y.
w BUNDY Of 400 In ave (Opp City Hal)
Il Commissioner Of Deeds for all the States
Rnd TnrIILorle. leNnept Marylnnll.
The Washington critic., 1887-04-15

"Ab, moneys very Tight" complained
A Jolly rc1-nosed elf;
And so, 10 even matters mn,
lie got chOck full himself
The Washington critic., 1887-04-15
Fur RENT-..HOOMS,

v'OR NENT-NIceIy Furnished or un-
II furnished rooms at reasonable prices,
with or without board; first class board ut
eii per month"; Bic 12tl 81 n W.
The Washington critic., 1887-04-15

CALIFORNIA WINE ROOM, 7I3 ID
- 81 N W. Jacob Gunllaoh's Celebrated
White and Claret Wines by the glass aud bot
dino, Cal.
The Washington critic., 1887-04-15

nwawILLIs' ICE DEPOTS, 18th and
~ Water SITS W, and at W. K. Hodges
wood and coal yard, 12th st, near r. Full
supply of best Penobscot River ice always on
hand at lowest prices. Patronize red wagons
and get full weight. Large consumers having
their own wagons will be literally dealt with
by sending to the Ice Depot. Contracts made
for one or more years. Large wharfage and
storage facilities. Telephone call, 1872.
.>ys-OFFICE OF
w X. II. EVANS. 1921 f st. II. W.,
COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS + IR ALL
STATES AND TERRITORIES.
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Tc'cphone 1888 Hours fr I'm o to 1890,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-02
An Electrical Baton.

Leading Il chorus by electrical al,-
paratus has been tried in Paris. The
current is used in beating time for the
chorus of an opera company while the
singers are behind the scenes. An cleo
trical baton, hung in conspicuous
place, is controlled by the foot of the
leader of the orchestra, who has also in
front of him small duplicate, by which
he can see whether his foot is beating
the correct time. The electrical baton
does not actually move in space, but it
presents the appearance of doing so.
There are, in fact, two batons occupy
ing different positions, which on being
revolved by the action of electro-mag-
nets, present black and white faces al
ternately on the background. An opti-
cal illusion is thus produced exactly
equivalent to the movement of single
white baton in the hands of II leader
1t is said that much greater precision is
obtained by this device than where the
time is beaten for the chorus by a
second leader behind the scenes.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-02

does not stop with the raisin product
There is a house in New York adver-
Using native wines that does not use
even so much as a dried grape. Dis
titled lakewood chips, logwood alum,
acids and about two per cent. of alco-
hol are all that are used to make Bor-
deaux, Burgundy, port and sherry
wines. The cost of manufacture does
not exceed three cents gallon, and it
can readily be seen that any price at
all for the stuff would give big profit.
Several big hotels have inadvertently
invested in it, but in the end it could
not be used even on the servants table.
N I. Commercial Adrcrtiser.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-02
LESSON IN ETIQUETTE.
How You Can Make Yourself Agreeable I
Every Body You Meet.

How You Can Make Yourself Agreeable TO
Every Body You Meet.
Engage il an argument with every
person you meet.
If man has glass eye. wooden
leg, or wig, always refer to it.
Never listen to other persons, for if
you do you may forget what you are
to going say yourself.
If with strangers, always use profane
and vulgar words. You will be sur
prised how they will change their esti-
mate Of you.
When man is talking, let your eyes
and mind wander about the room, and
when he gets through, ask him to repeat
what he said.
Never talk in mild. gentle and
musical voice, but foot up high and loud.
Drown other peoples voices if you can
drown their ideas.
If a person makes a mistake in gram
mar, or calls n word wrong, always
correct him, especially if there are
several persons around to hear.
Always talk of your private, personal
and family matters while conversing
with strangers. They like to listen to
long accounts of how you had the rheu-
matism.
Always make fun of the locality
where you are staying. If you cant
do that, ridicule or abuse some of the
leading citizens. A son or daughter
may be present, and they will like to
hear you ridicule their old father.
Insist on talking about subjects that
the rest of the company have never
heard any thing about. If you can t
find Il foreign subject, like Europe, or
what you did in college, pick out the
prettiest girl in the room, and whisper
to her.
Always pretend to great gentility
yourself, and ridicule people who come
up from n modest beginning. If you
can't say that your ancestors belonged
to some notable family, make strong
point of being acquainted with great
many distinguished people yourself,
and constantly refer to the time when
you were at college. ---BdiLou's Monthly.
Louisiana Claims the LARGEST farm
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-02

Hoods Sarsaparia Is peculiar medicine. In
very many respects it is SO different from any and
all other medicines that it is with peculiar force
and propriety that 1t may be said to be PECULIAR
TO ITSELF. Hoods Sarsaparilla is peculiar in
strictly medicinal first, in the combination
of remedial agents; second in the proportion in
which they are mixed; third, in the process by
which the curative properties of the preparation
secured. These three imnnrtant pnints make
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-02

Sold by all druggists. 81; six for IS. Prepared by
C. l. HOOD s. CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-02

"A woman of Rondout, N. Y, is
proud because she has twenty-one diff
ferent kinds of lamps in her house.
The next thing in order will be lamp
craze.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-02

UNADULTERATED alcohol is a scarce
~ known article. But let us remem-
Der that without alcohol there would
be no authorizations, while without the
authorizations there would still be tho
alcohol. outlook.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-02

REPORTS show that during the past
year London city missionaries re-
claimed 1925 drunkards During ten
years they have reclaimed 26,329.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-02

Louisiana claims the largest farm
in the world. 1t comprises 10000
acres land and swamp.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-02
Hoods SarSapariIla

Peculiar in the wonderful cures it accomplshes,
wholly unprecedented in the history of medicine.
Hoods Sarsaparilla is peculiar in its wonderful
record at home. Its sale in Lowell, Mass, where
it is made has increased steadily since its intro
duction, and for years it has been the leading
blood-purifyng medicine in the great Spindle City.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-01-20

We all know Charles Lambs views
on the subject of early reading, as ex-
pressed in his triumphant vndicauon of
Bridget Elias happily neglected educa-
ton: "She was tumbled by accident or
design into a spacious closet of good old
English books, without much selection
or prohibition, and browsed at Will upon
that fair and wholesome pasturage.
Had / twenty girls, they should be
brought up exactly in this fashion," 1t
is natural that but few parents are
anxious to risk so hazardous an expert
ment, especially as the training of lin
comparable old maids" is hardly the
recognized summit of maternal ambi-
ton; but Bridget Ella at least ran no
danger of intellectual starvation, while,
If we pursue n modern schoolgirl along
the track of her self-chosen reading, we
shall be astonished that so much printed
matter can yield so little mental nour-
ishment. She has begun. no doubt.
with childish stories, bright and well
written, probably, but following each
other in such quick succession that
none of them have left any distinct I'M
preston on her mind Books that chill
dren read but once are of scant service
to them; those that have really helped
to warm our imaginations and to train
our faculties are the few old friends we
know 50 well that they have become a
portion of our thinking selves. At ten
or twelve the little girl aspIreS to some
thing partly grOwn-up,- those monde
script tales which, trembling ever on
the brink of sentiment, seem afraid to
risk the plunge; and with her appetite
whetted by a course OF this unsatisfy-
ing diet, she is soon ripe for a little
more excitement and great deal more
love, so graduates into Rhoda Brough-
ton and the Duchess" at which point
her intellectual career is closed. She
has no idea, even, of what she has
missed in the world of books. She tells
you that she don't care for Dickens" F."
and 'can't get interested in Scott"
with placidity that plainly shows she
lays the blame for this state of affairs
on the two great masters who hive
amused and charmed the wc,rld. As
for Northanger Abbey, Or Emma, she
would as soon think of finding enter
tainment IN henry Esmond. She has
p:op"o'y Fever read a single master
piece of our language she has never
Jeen moved by noble poem, or stirred
to the quick by well-told page of his
tory; she has never opened the pores of
her mind for the reception of a vigorous
thought, or the solution of mental
problem; yet she may be found daily in
the circulating library, and is seldom
visible on the street without book or
two under her arm.-Agnes ReppLier. tn
January atlantic.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-01-20
Different Styles OF Advertisements.

The style of advertising has greatly
changed within the past few years"
SAID a gentleman in charge of the add
vertising department OF one OF Brook
Iyn's largest dry-goods establishments
to an Etgie reporter ''An advertise
ment to command attention must be
original. The public have tired of such
ads as John Smith will receive his
customers at his old stand, or Blank
q Blank sell dry goods cheaper than
auy other house in town The present
generation is progressive, and to attract
attention one must be original Old
fashioned ads are played out. In
former years, even in such big houses
as. Stewards IN New York, the clerk
at the button counter was delegated in
his off moments to write the advertise
ments for > newspapers. Now all Is
changed. Every large business house
has its separate advertisement depart
ment. Some houses employ as many
as two and three men to look after their
advertising. Since the pictorial craze
has obtained such a foothold many
firms head their columns with pictures
descriptive of the goods offered for SALE
And then the ad must be written so as
to attract the eve of the reader. If a
firm has Il quantity OF underwear to sell,
it is folly to say so in the first line.
First get your reader interested. Talk
about the north pole; say that ii is cold
in that region and incidentally men
ton that winter is coming and that
underwear at this season is not an in
appropriate subject. And then, in
confidential way. tell the reader that
your firm has many cases of under
wear. purchased at a bankrupt sale
perhaps, which viii be sold at one-half
its value. Intersperse if you like
witty saying here and there, but unless
you wish to kill your ad IN the first
line give prices. Ten wears AGO prices
were never given Now an ad. com
mandS but Gt...le attention unless prices
are attacned."
20 you believe in the value of ad-
vertiSing?"
Certainly. Were in not for news
paper advertising and advertising by
mail many Brooklyn firms would not
be doing business. When one looks
back and notes the difference between
newspaper advertising twenty years ago
ana tG day the changes which have
taken placs are marvellous. How many
fortunes have been made by booming
inferior patent medicine? Newspaper
advertising is yet in its infancy and l
hope for great things i'll the future. -
Broo65yg Eagle
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-01-20
Winter.

Little Boy Blue by the hearth is dreaming,
the ripe corn is turned into gold-dust glean-
ing,
The poppy's away in her cap Of scarlet,
AM down in the meadow not one small
starlet
Blinks up at the sky through the still, white
cold.
The leaves long ago danced of together.
Gi idy wi b wine Of the autumn weather;
I"e birds sought old sweetnearts over the
The river was strangIed by cruel fingers;
Ihe YagabOnG broOk.Ct IN prison fingers,
Ana is wed 10 the ghost OF the wiliow-tree.
The days will not stay long where no more
grace is,
But hurry away to chcerier places.
Not one Of them tarles to glance at the
ock:
The " i e moon kindfcs her fire in the heaven,
To ight the way OF the DlindfJid even,
Long ere the farmb0y has TED his flock.
Paler and palcr Dame Nature is growing
To see how her gay guests all are gong,
To leave her alone III the midst of her
dcarLh:
The wind in her sad ear is shrllIy signing,
Even The silence seems 10 be crying
The foot of the frosIs Ike wound to the
earth.
Then down from the skies with a merry
Sweep tue white suow-1akes, cluster on
cluster,
Fire, ,ight leaps up from the chimneys vide
throat:
The vi dows are shining ike beds Of posies,
Little maids cuecks are as red as roses,
the wind twas complaining his blither
note.
Bells in the beifry break into singing,
JOY, Us laughter is eyerywh re ringing,
II me ; ray the footsteps 50 Ion. apart:
Christmas is here win a beauty tEat blesses,
K ~ young Summer n cyv caresscs,
Nniie-haireI OH Winter g addens he heart.
Susan Hartley SWEET.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-01-20
WHOLE NO. 1881.
CircunsSantiaI Evidence.

have very little faith in circumstan-
tai evidence, having seen so many in
stances where it was IN error. In direct
testimony witness may destroy the
truth. but in cIrcumstantial evidence
he has double opportunity to lie, and
no way of tripping him up. | remem-
Der case in Mississippi, happening
when | was boy, that has made me
chary about using cIreumstantial evI'
dence since l have been engaged in the
practice of law. The victim was poor
man. who came there from the north.
got hold of small farm to cultivate,
and constructed log hut down by the
river, in which he lived all along. Near
him resided rich planter. Around his
hut the country was very soft and
swampy. 1t was off the main road and
was not seen frequently by travellers.
but bridle-path leading near the hut
was used considerably by people around
there to cut off the distance TO town.
This rich planter one day, in closing
up his season. S crops, went to town to
settle up with his agents, and it was ex-
pected would have considerable money
with him on his return. The time pass
ed for him to return and he did not
come. Later his morse arrived home,
riderless. A search was instituted, and
early next morning the body of the
planter was found in the swampy land
off the bridle-path. His pockets had
been ritied, and it was clear that the
murder had been committed for rob-
berry. Beside the body was found 4
derringer, with the name of the occupant
of the hut engraved on it. Leading
from the hut to the body and back to
the hut were Well-dehned tracks. At
the hut the man was found sleeping, the
mate to the derringer by his side, his
shoes muddy, and his hat filed with
papers taken from the dead mans
pockets. The shoes fitted the tracks
nicely, and z very strong case of cir
cumstantial evidence was made out.
He was tried, convicted, and hanged.
He protested his innocence so strongly
on the scaffold that the sheriff DELAYED
in the performance of his duty Within
twelve months after that a hard case in
that country was mortal!y wounded,
and on his death-bed he confessed to
having committed the murder, and
gave up money and papers he mad Sc
cured. He said he had crossed from
the road to the hut in his stocking feet,
had put on the poor mans shoes, arm
ed himself with his dervinger, and laid
in wait for the planter, and after COM
mittiug the murder had fixed the evil
dence OF guilt around the still sleeping
occupant of the hut.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-01-20
New Way OF Saving on Shares.

a short time ago well-known Au-
gusta physician bought load OF wood
which he had piled in the rear of his
office. The wood must be sawed and
the doctor therefore made this PROPOSE
ton to neighboring druggist, that If
he would saw the wood aud bring it in
he might have half OF it The trade
was closed. Some weeks after, the doc
tor inspected his wUod-pile, and al
though the wood was still unsawed. he
discovered that nearly one-han had dis
appeared. His ncighbor was at once
sought out and asked if he remem bered
the bargain. why, yes, DOCTOR" re-
piled the enterpriSlng wood-sawer. Il
remember it perfec .ly, perfectly; and,
blythe way, think have about sawed
my halfr' The doctor does not have
his wood sawed on shares now.-Au-
guSta Ne1O Age.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-01-20
NO. 92,507
DRAWS s., 600 IN THE LOUISIANA LOTTERY
HELD BY RIVER STEAMBOAT PORTER
on rrr.,n

DRAWS s., 600 IN THE LOUISIANA LOTTERY
HELD BY ARIvER STEAMBOAT PORTER
THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE.
A Journal reporter visited the Green
River steamer Evansville" Yesterday
while she was lying at the wharf, and
interviewed Mr.. Linsey Heyden, who
was one of the lucky holders of ticket
No. 81, 507 which drew the Third Capital
Prize of $40, ,0G0 in the last Drawing of
The Louisiana State Lottery. Mr.
Hayden is a co!ored gentleman, and has
for some five years been holding posi-
ton as porter on that steamboat. He
was very much elated over his good
fortune.
''By occupying steady position and
being economical in nay mode of living,
l managed to save enough money to
build little house for my family, which
consists of wife and one child. My
home is in Franklin, Ky. About six
weeks ago my house was burned to the
ground. L carried no insurance on
either the house or household effects,
My family had nowhere 10 go, but
luckily L had $50 in my pocket when I
heard of the fire and their condition. 1
at once sent home S5S, with which they
were to buy some clothing, few house
hold goods, and to rent building III
which TO live. The remaining 81 l con-
cluded to invest in Louisiana State
Lottery tickets l was down hearted
and a little reckless. 4 faint hope was
entertained that maybe l would be for
tuuate enough to draw something, and
when the news reached me that | had
drawn $4,000, my Joy was unbounded."
Mr.. Hayden further stated that he
would continue in his present capacity
on the steamer Evansville" and that
he intended TO build a nice cottage for
his family and save the rest of the money.
The ticket was purchased in this city.
The Journal congratulates the lucky
man, who is worthy of his good fortune.
-EU0pSU5Xe (Y39d J Journal Dee. al
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-01-20

Can any one bring us a case of Kidney
or Liver complaint that Electric Bitters
will not speedily cure2 We say they can
not, as thousands of cases already per
manently cured aud who are daily re-
commencing Electric Bitters, viii prove.
Bright's Disease, Diabetes, Weak Back.
or any urinary complaint quickly cured.
They purify the blood, regulate the
bowels, and act directly on the diseased
parts. Every bottle guaranteed. Fol
sale at soc. bottle by Il. Hinricha. I
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-01-20
Child Labor in the Coal Regions

~
The miners boys and girls have no
childhood. Hundreds of children from
to 10 years of age are at work at the
hard-coal mines slate picking, and at
the soft-coal mines coke trimming and
mule driving. Hard. drudging toll is
the lot of these little ones, ali day LONG,
in the dust and CRIME of the picking
shed, winter and summer. What Won
der that the majority of graves IN the
miners cemetery are short ones. A
Stunted, defrauded childhood. a sickly
and inlirm youth, and a manhood old
and decrepit before his time, this is
not an uncommon experience among
these coal workers. 1t is true that there
is law forbidding the employment of
young children IN coilerics on the statute
book, but the evidence is convincing
that it is very rarely enforced. The
poverty of the parents and the indiffer-
ence OF the employers stand in the way.
As late rs 1883 there was no compulsory
school law in Pennsylvania, and if there
be now, it is, like the law referred to
above, almost never enforced in the
coal regions. When work is slack the
miner sends his boys to school. where
they get all the education they ever
have. At other times they, as well as
their father, must work. George Il.
DeRtS0r, IN V0rG and Wages, Hoiyoke,
Hass
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-01-20
Stoneboro possesses a ten-year-old

Stoneboro possesses ten-year-old
young America Of remarkable enterprise.
So anxious was this little fellow to see
Oil City the other day, it is related,
that he crawled under the pilot of
locomotive that was standing on the
track at Stoneboro, and fixing himself
on one OF the cross bars, took a firm
grasp Of the iron, expecting to enjoy a
novel ride and see the glories OF Oil
City besides. Fortunately for him,
however, the engineer, as he was oiling
the locomotive, found him before he mad
been ia his perilous position i've min
utes. Tie younger was yanked out in
jiGy .,ad giycn a seat IN the cab,
where Le could be watched until the
train started.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-01-20
Workmen while renairino. . bo,,s

Workmen while repairing house
IN Brooklyn, n. Y. one day last week,
discovered bag containing S2. 500 in
gold under one OF the floors, and
turned it over to the landlord. The
last occupant, a man whose wife died
IN the house, now sues the landlord for
the money, alleging that his late
thrifty helpmate used to extract
money from his pockets habitually,
that be could never find trace Of it.
and is convinced that the concealed
treasure was the accumulated deposits
she had relieved him of.